---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Organizations/Rights & Recognition."
description: "Student Organizations/Rights & Recognition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 719"
citation: "North Carolina SB 719 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STUDENTS", "UNC", "CHAPTERED", "NGOS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2014-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13ed1dc6-4dbf-498c-b376-d097e0447ff3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S719&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1d656cc6fac83461ccda9e92539b66794f4db1da7d4eb7e839c6357c49196864"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 719 (2013) — Student Organizations/Rights & Recognition.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S719v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S719v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S719v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S719v3.pdf)
5. **SL2014-28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S719v4.pdf)

## Votes

- A2 Hall, L. Second Reading — **44–72** (fail) · lower
- Second Reading — **78–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-06-25** Ch. SL 2014-28 `became-law`
- **2014-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 06/20/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-19** Ratified
- **2014-06-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-18** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2014-06-18** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2014-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/18/2014
- **2014-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2014-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-14** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-03** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13ed1dc6-4dbf-498c-b376-d097e0447ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).